Dirty dossier accuses MPs of harassment and sex in offices

Mark Garnier at a social event. The international trade minister asked his secretary Caroline Edmondson to purchase sex toysPixel8000

A group of Westminster researchers have compiled a dossier of almost 40 Conservative MPs, including several cabinet ministers, who are accused of making unwanted sexual advances or behaving inappropriately towards colleagues and junior staff.

The spreadsheet, seen by The Times, details extraordinary and unverified allegations about 15 current ministers and more than 20 backbench Conservative MPs over the past five years.

A group of current and former researchers, both male and female, have drawn up the document, titled “High libido MPs”, in recent days. The list reveals the growing number of MPs who have been the subject of accusations being spread around Westminster. It is being circulated to test the claims made and stamp out sexual misconduct.

Separately, at least four Labour MPs have been…

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